I’m an Australian-born Māori - my whakapapa belongs to Te Rarawa in the Hokianga, Aotearoa. Among others, I also have English, Irish and Scottish heritage. I was born in Brisbane and currently live on unceded Wangal Country, Sydney NSW. Ko Te Reinga tōku maunga
Ko Waihou te awa
Ko Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua tōku waka
Ko Waimirirangi te whare tūpuna
Ko Hokianga tōku moana
Ko Te Rarawa tōku iwi
Ko Te Waekoi tōku hapū
Ko Te Whiu tōku whānau
Ko Anne-Marie Te Whiu tōku ingoaFor the past 20+ years I’ve worked as a festival director and cultural producer. In the past 5 years I have focussed my creative energy on my own writing, weaving and editing. My debut poetry collection titled METTLE will be published by University of QLD Press in 2025. Between 2019 - 2022 I worked at Red Room Poetry as a Senior Producer which culminated in focussing on the Fair Trade project throughout 2023. All poetic collaborations are now housed in the stunning WOVEN anthology, published by Magabala Press. I have co-producing the Aotearoa NZ Arts Festival writers program and was a guest curator for QTOPIA, focussing on First Nations queer language representation. BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Emerging Writers Festival - Board MemberRunning Dog Journal - EditorBlak & Bright Festival - ChairpersonSCOPE OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts, Co-Curator Writers Program QTOPIA, Curator First Nations Queer Languages Exhibition Brisbane Writers Festival, Guest Producer of Aotearoa & Pasifika programmes Wayside Chapel, Poetry & Literary workshop faciltator Red Room Poetry, Senior Project Manager Woodford Folk Festival, Executive Assistant to the General Manager & Producer Museum of Brisbane, Cultural Producer Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre, Cultural Producer State Library of Queensland, Public Programs Producer Brisbane Powerhouse, Cultural Producer Queensland Poetry Festival, Co-Director Debris Journal, Guest EditorMedia
The Illawarra FlamescenstrQPF 2015 programSLQBroadsheetThe Creative IssuePerilGilimbaaOverlandThe Weekend EditionBEMACIn 2018, I was commissioned to program the Moving Words event in partnership with QAGOMA and the Commonwealth Games in 2018.Between 2010 - 2015 I founded and led the much-loved community event, The Home Festival in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. In collaboration with Ariana Tikao I exhibited weavings as part of a collective exhibition at BlakDot Gallery in April 2022. ABC RN MorningsPoetry Says Isolated Nation The Courier Mail